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  • I . . . Do?

    Why Marriage Still Matters

    by Andrea Mrozek, Peter Jon Mitchell ...
    For many today, marriage is a nice thing, but not necessary. I . . . Do? is a book to help you reconsider the central importance of marriage, not simply for the couples involved, but for all of us. Plenty of research suggests that a good marriage encourages health, wellness, and happiness and that the goodness of marriage extends into our communities. To this, the retort comes quickly--well that's ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Poisoning the Pacific

    The US Military's Secret Dumping of Plutonium, Chemical Weapons, and Agent Orange

    by Jon Mitchell ...
    Series series Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
    In this devastating exposé, investigative journalist Jon Mitchell reveals the shocking toxic contamination of the Pacific Ocean and millions of victims by the US military.For decades, US military operations have been contaminating the Pacific region with toxic substances, including plutonium, dioxin, and VX nerve agent. Hundreds of thousands of service members, their families, and residents have ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Why are we in Okinawa?

    A History of Violence

    by Jon Mitchell, Mark Selden ...
    Series series Asian Voices
    In this compelling history, award-winning journalist, Jon Mitchell, traces how the islands of Okinawa have been annexed by Japan, occupied by the United States and now menaced by China. In response, Okinawans have developed one of the world's most resilient – yet overlooked – pacifist movements.Once a wealthy kingdom, Okinawa was seized by Japan in the late-19th century and, after World War II, ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Ambivalent Europeans

    Ritual, Memory and the Public Sphere in Malta

    by Jon P. Mitchell ...
    Ambivalent Europeans examines the implications of living on the fringes of Europe. In Malta, public debate is dominated by the question of Europe, both at a policy level - whether or not to join the EU - and at the level of national identity - whether or not the Maltese are 'European'. Jon Mitchell identifies a profound ambivalence towards Europe, and also more broadly to the key processes of ... Read more

    $92.06 CAD

  • In Real Life

    Searching for Connection in High-Tech Times

    by Jon Mitchell ...
    Technology can help us with some of our most difficult work. It can also offer us endless distractions. Can technology help us, as individuals and communities, in our most important task, that of being a good person?Jon Mitchell sets out to identify and explore the ways in which we can develop a more thoughtful relationship with technology. Rather than only using our technological devices as a ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Global and Local Football

    Politics and Europeanization on the Fringes of the EU

    by Gary Armstrong, Jon P. Mitchell ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
    What can the history of a nation's football reveal about that nation's wider political and socio-cultural identity? How can the study of local football culture help us to understand the powerful international forces at play within the modern game?Based on long-term and detailed ethnographic research, this book uses Malta as a critical case study to explore the dynamics of contemporary football. ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • Morality, Crisis and Capitalism

    Anthropology for Troubled Times

    Edited by Jean-Paul Baldacchino, Jon P. Mitchell ...
    'May you live in interesting times’ was made famous by Sir Austen Chamberlain. The premise is that ‘interesting times’ are times of upheaval, conflict and insecurity - troubled times. With the growing numbers of displaced populations and the rise in the politics of fear and hate, we are facing challenges to our very ‘species-being’. Papers in the volume include ethnographic studies on the ‘refugee ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • An Anthology of Australian Albums

    Critical Engagements

    Edited by Jon Stratton, Jon Dale, Tony Mitchell ...
    An Anthology of Australian Albums offers an overview of Australian popular music through the lens of significant, yet sometimes overlooked, Australian albums. Chapters explore the unique qualities of each album within a broader history of Australian popular music. Artists covered range from the older and non-mainstream yet influential, such as the Missing Links, Wendy Saddington and the Coloured ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Ritual, Performance and the Senses

    Edited by Michael Bull, Jon P. Mitchell ...
    Series series Sensory Studies
    Ritual has long been a central concept in anthropological theories of religious transmission. Ritual, Performance and the Senses offers a new understanding of how ritual enables religious representations – ideas, beliefs, values – to be shared among participants. Focusing on the body and the experiential nature of ritual, the book brings together insights from three distinct areas of study: ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Human Rights in Global Perspective

    Anthropological Studies of Rights, Claims and Entitlements

    Edited by Jon P. Mitchell, Richard A. Wilson ...
    Series series ASA Monographs
    In the West we frequently pay lip service to universal notions of human rights. But do we ever consider how these work in local contexts and across diverse cultural and ethical structures? Do human rights agendas address the problems many people face, or are they more often the imposition of Western values onto largely non-Western communities?Human Rights in a Global Perspective develops a social ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

  • Ritual, Performance and the Senses

    Edited by Jon P. Mitchell, Michael Bull ...
    Series series Sensory Studies Series
    Ritual has long been a central concept in anthropological theories of religious transmission. Ritual, Performance and the Senses offers a new understanding of how ritual enables religious representations – ideas, beliefs, values – to be shared among participants.Focusing on the body and the experiential nature of ritual, the book brings together insights from three distinct areas of study: ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Ethnographic Practice in the Present

    Edited by Marit Melhuus, Jon P. Mitchell, Helena Wulff ...
    Series Book 11 - EASA Series
    In its assessment of the current "state of play" of ethnographic practice in social anthropology, this volume explores the challenges that changing social forms and changing understandings of "the field" pose to contemporary ethnographic methods. These challenges include the implications of the remarkable impact social anthropology is having on neighboring disciplines such as history, sociology, ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD